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VANWORMER, 0F TROY, OHIO.

Lette-rs Patent No. 99,796,.dated February l5, 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the name.

panying drawings, making part of' this specilication, in'

which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved fence.

Figure 2 is a side elevation showing the invention applied to a farm fence.

.Figure 3 is an inside elevation of part of the fence of iig. I, showing the improved part and the manner ot' applying the rails to it.

Figure 4 is a central section taken transverselyand vertically' through iig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

'.lhe nature of my invention and improvement in fences consists- First, ina metallic post, pointed or sharpened at its upper end, and flattened or shouldered near its lower end, as will be hereinafter described, whereby the rails composing part of the fence,l and to which the pickets are secured, Vcan be secured to and firmly supported by said posts, with very little labor, expense, and loss of time.

Second, in the employment of splicing pieces at the jointsrof continuons rails, to which the ends of the rail rsections are secured, and by means of which the rails at their joints are adapted for being sustained by myiznprored posts,-as will behereinat'terexplained.

To enahh others skilled in the art to understand `my invention, I will describe its construction and 'operation. v

1n the accompanying drawings- Figures 1, 2 and 3, a a represent t-he upper and lower-lines of rails, to which pickets, A, are secured.

The picketsrnay be made, as represented in the drawings, with straight sides and jointed upper ends, or they may be made in any other manner.

The rails in said figures are continuons; that is to say, they are made up of sections or lengths secured together at their ends by means ol' blocks, or splicing pieces, b, to which the ends otl the rails are securely spiked.

The piece b should extend well under each rail section, so as to aii'ord a. good support for it, and allow a rigid connection with the rail ends.

The upper as well as the lower rail sections are united by the splicing pieces b, so that each liuc of rail sections forms a continuous line.

D D are the posts which are adapted to sustain the .voeden parts of the fence. These posts are made of round or rectangular metal rods, of proper gauge to afford the required degree of strength and rigidity.

Each post, after it is cut the required length, is pointed, or sharpened in any other suitable manner, at one end, and flattened at the other. The posts'are sharpened by forming points or chisel edges upon them, in order that their upper ends cinay be caused 'to penetrate the splicing pieces b, as shown in fig. 3, and which may be done bystriking upon the rails when adj ust-ed upon the posts; and where posts are used atintermediate points between those posts at the joints' of the rail sections, the upper ends of the' posts will enter the rail sect-ions instead of splicing pieces, and

should be made long enough for this purpose.`

The lower portion of each post is flattened at c',.so as to form shoulders at i i, and the extreme iattenedends are suitably secured into the stone blocks or bases B. Holes are made through the bottoni rail sections to receive thc posts, and 'these holes, while they are. large enough to receive the bodies of the posts, are not so large as to slip below the shoulders i i, When the stoneA bases B are properly set, andthe posts I) secured to them in upright positions, the lower rail sections are adjusted in place on the posts, and forcibly driven d own upon the shoulders i e' of the posts. The upper rail sections are then properly adjusted on the upper sharpened endsfof the posts, and secured thereto by strikingV with asuitable instrument upon these sections directly over each post. The pickets are then secured to the rails, and the fence is complete.

For farm fences the rail sections may-be lapped at their sides, and nailed, as shown in fig. 2, and secured.

tothe posts D, as above describe By means of metal posts, constructed as above described, a very cheap fence can be made,4 which will not be liable to sag,and which will be much more durablethan fences having-wooden posts.

The sharpening and liattening of the metal rods to form the posts can be done by any ordinary blacksmith, for a very tring cost, and the rods themselves can be obtained of proper size in the market.

I do not claim any particular form of panel.

Having described my invention,

What l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 'is- 1. A fence-post, D, made ot'xmetal, with aisharpcned upper end and a iiattened lower-end, and with shoulders i i, substantially as described.

, 2. The posts D, in combination with sections a a,

and splicing-pieces b, as described in the specification,

and shown in figs. 1, 3, and 4, or substantial] y the same.

M. VAN lfVORMlJR.`

Witnesses YPSILANTI SMITH, Lne VAsWonMnn. 

